Today’s word is sacrifice. Recently, my oldest son Kolt, was watching a dinosaur movie with his two sons Kanon (4) and Maverick (2). In the movie the family of Dinosaurs were being threatened by a fire. The Daddy Dinosaur came back to save his family only to find that […]
Hope Changes Everything!
From Parade magazine comes the story of self-made millionaire Eugene Land, who greatly changed the lives of a sixth-grade class in East Harlem. Mr. Lang had been asked to speak to a class of 59 sixth-graders. What could he say to inspire these students, most of whom would drop out […]
Help me, God!
I was 14 years old. My family was vacationing in Athens, Greece. We were traveling in the very busy city by bus. On this particular day I remember hearing my parents say, as we stood at the bus stop, that we were looking for bus number 2. That’s all I […]
Live long. Live healthy. Live happy!
I recently met a 90 year old man in Cabela’s while picking up some needed items for deer season that is quickly approaching. (a little excited!) His energy and enthusiasm for life was so infectious. I couldn’t help but admire him and desire to be that active when I turn […]
Stress-less
Let me encourage you today! In a world today where there is so much stress, you can be stress-less. I know you have bills to pay, goals to achieve, friends to make happy, a family to provide for, tasks to accomplish, mountains to climb, Kingdoms to conquer, worlds to explore….what […]
Does your accent give you away?
Starla and I were recently in California. We had stopped in a grocery store to pick up a few items. As we walked up to the counter to pay, the employee behind the register asked, “How are you today” I responded “I’m doing great, how are you?” He looked up […]
Fighting in the Sistine Chapel!
What could be more of a thrill than to walk through the Sistine Chapel and see first-hand, with my very own eyes the incredible masterpiece artistry of the one and only Michelangelo? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. It doesn’t get much better than that. However, to hear […]
Scrambled Eggs!
When our children were all school age, I would fix breakfast for them in the morning before I dropped them off at school. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t have any culinary skills. But I can scramble eggs. That’s not too difficult. The only problem is, that I made […]
Amazing Grace!
Everyone experiences pain in life. All have experienced betrayal of some kind. All have lost someone we love. Most have suffered a broken heart. Many have been fired from a job. Some have experienced the failure of a marriage. Pain comes in different ways to all people. But we all […]
You look better in your future than you do right now.
My daughter Summer Star’s favorite Bible verse is… Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. I read this verse at her wedding. I told her […]